Joining us to discuss if the latest Coen Brothers Film "Hail Caesar" is worth the ticket price this weekend, our friend and film critic for RedEye, Matt Pais.

When Super Bowl 50 kicks off in Santa Clara, California, at the home of the 49ers, expect to see plenty of sunshine and potentially not a cloud in the sky. Dionne Miller, Sports Reporter for ABC 7, joins to discuss Sunday's Big Game and gives her thoug...

Just two weeks into Florida's annual Python Challenge, which tasks hunters with tracking down Burmese pythons, 82 snakes have already been captured. That breaks the record set in 2013's inaugural challenge by 14. Ron Magill, Wildlife Expert for Zoo Mia...

American employers eased up on the gas last month, but still added jobs at a healthy enough pace to help calm fears that the economy is on the verge of falling into a recession. Mark Hamrick, Senior Economic Analyst for BankRate.com joins to discuss th...

Chicago Restaurant Week comes to an end on Thursday, Feb. 4, but, as in previous years, dozens of restaurants have opted to extend their $22 lunch and/or $33 and $44 dinner options for a few days, or a week, even several weeks. Phil Vettel, Restaurant ...

Although Hillary feels the flames after last night's debate, the Earth and Wind are feeling lonely without the Fire. This morning on the "Big" John Howell Show, we give our salute to Earth, Wind and Fire founder Maurice White, last night's Democratic D...

Big John had to apologize John Kasich, Hillary Clinton, and the Chicago Public Schools.

Jeff Shapiro brought in some delicious barbeque from Real Urban Barbeque.

A very sickly Larry Kudlow toughed out his weekly segment with Big John this morning. He gave his reaction to the Iowa caucus and his feelings on the New Hampshire primary.

With the Super Bowl coming up Sunday, Big John turned to the world of fantasy sports. Peter Schoenke joined the program to talk about DraftKings and FanDuel.